Goring-Thomas Family Papers

Papers of the Goring-Thomas family of Llannon, Carmarthenshire, nineteenth century, including diaries of Rees Goring Thomas, 1841-1848, 1850-1885; a collection of cookery and household recipes; accounts of several journeys made by members of the family; photographs; and miscellaneous letters, accounts and papers.

The family, originally called Treherne, lived at Llettymawr, Llannon, Carmarthenshire. Morgan Thomas, 1726-1800, of Llettymawr, married Frances, only child and heiress of Henry Goring of Staffordshire in 1768. Their heir was their only child, Rees Goring-Thomas of Llannon and Tooting Lodge, Surrey, who died in 1821. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Rees Goring-Thomas, 1801-1863, of Gellywernen. During the late 1820s a new house was built at Gellywernen, which was subsequently attacked during the Rebecca riots in 1843. He was succeeded by his eldest son and namesake of Plas Llannon who died in 1887. His eldest son and heir son Rhys Goring-Thomas (b. 1864) sold Plas Llannon in 1913. He was succeeded by his second son, Captain Gilbert Esdaile Foy Goring-Thomas (b. 1898) of Gellywernen.

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Deposited by Mr G.E.F. Goring-Thomas, Henley-on-Thames, in September 1938.

The family, originally called Treherne, lived at Llettymawr, Llannon, Carmarthenshire. Morgan Thomas, 1726-1800, of Llettymawr, married Frances, only child and heiress of Henry Goring of Staffordshire in 1768. Their heir was their only child, Rees Goring-Thomas of Llannon and Tooting Lodge, Surrey, who died in 1821. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Rees Goring-Thomas, 1801-1863, of Gellywernen. During the late 1820s a new house was built at Gellywernen, which was subsequently attacked during the Rebecca riots in 1843. He was succeeded by his eldest son and namesake of Plas Llannon who died in 1887. His eldest son and heir son Rhys Goring-Thomas (b. 1864) sold Plas Llannon in 1913. He was succeeded by his second son, Captain Gilbert Esdaile Foy Goring-Thomas (b. 1898) of Gellywernen.

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

Originally catalogued as NLW Minor Deposits 513-569.

A very brief description of the papers is in NLW, Minor Deposits, p. 41. A rather fuller description appears in NLW, Annual Report 1938-39.

June 2001.

Compiled by Mair James.

The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Burke's Landed Gentry, (London, 1952), Jones, Francis, Historic Carmarthenshire Homes and their families, (Newport, 1997); Nicholas, Thomas, Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales (London, 2 vols, 1872), vol. I;

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Letters to Rees Goring-Thomas are NLW MS 19380E.

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